Ayesha Chari

@ayeshachari@mstdn.social
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I-sha, n. to be, being | she/they. Sensitive academic editor. Serial šŸš¶šŸ¾ | ā¤ļø nature | ā˜•ļø fiend | occasional doodler | parent. #AmEditing #publishing
websitehttps://ayeshachari.com
Advanced Professional Member, CIEPhttps://www.ciep.uk/directory/ayesha-chari

It's out! The first edition of a co-contributed series of reflections on different questions about editing and freelancing by the Proof Pros – a global team of editorial experts, collectively with over 100 years of experience in fiction and non-fiction. #AmEditing

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ayeshachari-editor_editing-proofreading-freelancing-activity-7296845684777861120-P6Sw

Issue 08: The Proof Pros on editorial challenges, using mistakes to build… | Ayesha Chari

It's out! The first edition of a co-contributed series of reflections on different questions about editing and freelancing by the Proof Pros – a global team of…

Meta ā€˜discussed buying publisher Simon & Schuster to train AI’

Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language models

The Guardian
In 'treating intelligibility as a joint goal rather than an individual quality' lies solutions for a more equitable world. Excellent piece by Vijay Ramjattan on imagining an anti-racist pedagogy in language learning. #AmReading #AmEditing not. https://academic.oup.com/eltj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/elt/ccae013/7637059?login=false
Imagining an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy

Abstract. This article is an initial imagining of what an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy (APP) might look like in ELT contexts such as immigrant employ

OUP Academic

'Decolonisation is not a passive endeavour; it is an active transformation involving unlearning and relearning new patterns.' Make this reflective piece by Dr Alia Amir your read of the day.

#AmReading #decolonisation #DifficultConversations

https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/blog/decolonising-bloomsbury-guided-walking-tour-through-londons-colonial-legacy

Decolonising Bloomsbury: A guided walking tour through London’s colonial legacy

Dr Alia Amir, Research Associate at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, takes us on a 'decolonising walk' through Bloomsbury, London and reflects on some of the historical landmarks while challenging us to confront colonial histories and envision a more just future.

SOAS
If you've fallen off the rails on your NY resolutions or whatever you set, here's one that's doable and necessary at the same time. The FOLD's Reading Challenge 2024: https://thefoldcanada.org/webinars-activities/the-reading-challenge/
And do share things you read. 😃
#AmReading
The FOLD Challenge - The FOLD

The FOLD
I've been quiet here cos life. Realised it'll be too late to say Happy New Year soon, so wanted to pop in and say hi to #AmEditing folks and the wider universe - hope it's been a gentle start so far. Am intending to be more present this year, wherever I am and in whatever I'm doing. Hold me accountable!

If you read one thing today, make it this. And think about where your moral compass lies, if it still exists at all. If nothing else, I hope your head will be filled with questions - your own and those of the children of this world - that keep you awake. #AmReading

https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/india-has-lost-its-moral-compass-arundhati-roy-on-israel-palestian-gaza-war/article67639421.ece

ā€˜Our country has lost its moral compass’: Arundhati Roy

Honoring P. Govinda Pillai, a Kerala scholar of Marxist theory, this speech calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine & the US's complicity in it.

Frontline
Human rights can't exist without humanity. We've lost ours. #InternationalHumanRightsDay
My Ma says I never learnt any English grammar in school. They did. Word. That's solved all mysteries about why I had no idea how to define a past participle (interview question at my first in-house editing job) nearly 20 years ago. I still don't. But I *can* edit. It's my language too. #AmEditing #LanguageLearning

On land acknowledgements, care, intent and so much more. If you read one thing today, make it this excellent insightful piece by Alex Kapitan.

https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2023/11/18/land-acknowledgment/

#AmEditing #RadicalCopyeditor

How to Ensure that Your Land Acknowledgment Doesn’t Perpetuate Oppression

It is equally possible for Indigenous land acknowledgment practices to help or hurt, build toward liberation or perpetuate oppression. Learn how to avoid causing harm with land acknowledgments.

Radical Copyeditor